Spermatocytic Tumor Arising in a Cryptorchid Testis: A Case Report and Narrative Review
Laurențiu Augustus Barbu, Stelian-Stefaniță Mogoantă, Liliana Cercelaru, Marius Cristian Marinaș, Nicolae-Dragoș Mărgăritescu, Mihai Popescu, Valentina Căluianu, Gabriel Florin Răzvan Mogoș, Liviu Vasile, Tiberiu Stefăniță Țenea Cojan · 2026
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Laurențiu Barbu and co-authors report a rare testicular tumor found in an undescended testis, paired with a review of the literature, in this 2026 paper. Spermatocytic tumors are uncommon, slow-growing, and usually strike older men in a normally placed testis. Their patient, fifty-six, arrived with a painless groin lump that proved to be the misplaced testis. Blood markers were normal, and scans showed a tidy but mixed-textured mass.
Surgery removed the testis, and the microscope showed the classic three-size cell mix of this tumor. Stains confirmed the type and separated it from the commoner seminoma. A year of follow-up found no spread. The authors stress that careful imaging, tissue work, and stains keep such patients from needless extra treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Laurențiu Augustus Barbu, Stelian-Stefaniță Mogoantă, Liliana Cercelaru, Marius Cristian Marinaș, Nicolae-Dragoș Mărgăritescu, Mihai Popescu, Valentina Căluianu, Gabriel Florin Răzvan Mogoș, Liviu Vasile, Tiberiu Stefăniță Țenea Cojan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |